Friday, Feb. 16, marked the lunar New Year and the beginning of the two-week Spring Festival in China, a time when many Chinese return to their hometowns and celebrate by participating in family, regional, and national traditions. This year at TA, we participated once again in a few of those traditions. “No...
Week of Feb. 26 Wednesday, Feb. 28: Admissions Shadow Day Thursday, March 1: One Act Play: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] (revised), 7 p.m., Martha Jane Rich Theater Friday, March 2: Progress Reports Go Home with Students Looking Ahead: Week of March 5 Thursday, March 8: Board of Trustees Meeting, 7...
On Friday, Feb. 16, the opening reception and awards ceremony for the 10th annual Best of the Upper Valley High School Exhibition was held at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH. Sixteen schools with over 145 students participated in an incredible display of artistic talent. Juror for the show was Patrick...
The January 2018 Student of the Month is a confident and talented Panther who possesses a strong voice, both as a writer and a visual artist. This may seem incongruous with this quiet, unassuming student, unless you are one of her many friends gathered daily around the table in the...
Week of Feb. 12 Monday, Feb. 12: Late Arrival Schedule; classes begin at 9:40 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12: Admissions Shadow Day Wednesday, Feb. 14: Admissions Shadow Day Thursday, Feb. 15: Spelling Bee, 9:40 a.m., Martha Jane Rich Theater Thursday, Feb. 15: Second Semester Parents Night, 6 - 8 p.m. (6 -...
Does Your TA Class Year end in "3" or "8"? If so, it's time to plan a reunion, and Thetford Academy wants to help! We are happy to help provide a venue, send invitations, provide TA swag, and give other support as needed. If you are interested in helping to plan...
By Lydia Whitaker '17 In August of 1996, Len Whitaker started his first day at Thetford Academy. He was hired by Martha Rich for a part-time position teaching Forestry, Horticulture, and Vocational Agriculture. Twenty-two years later he is still teaching two of the same classes—along with 8th grade Earth Science and...
Thetford Academy’s 9th annual Poetry Out Loud competition took place in the Martha Jane Rich Theater on Tuesday, Feb. 6. The competition is part of a nationwide contest that “encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation.” It reaches 3 million students from 10,000 schools across the...
The Upper Valley Trails Alliance has just launched the application for the 2018 High School Trail Corps Program. Since 2013, the Upper Valley Trails Alliance has served hundreds of local students by getting them working on local trails to give back to the community, learn valuable skills, and earn a...
Week of Feb. 5 Tuesday, Feb. 6: Poetry Out Loud Competition, 3:15 p.m., Martha Jane Rich Theater Wednesday, Feb. 7: Admissions Shadow Day Thursday, Feb. 8: Board of Trustees Meeting, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9: Admissions Shadow Day Sunday, Feb. 11: Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, 3 - 5:30 p.m.,...